AOSP and incorrect assumptions on calyxos and microg being degoogled

AOSP doesn’t have proprietary Google apps and services. CalyxOS does have proprietary Google apps and services bundled and not only via microG. CalyxOS takes AOSP, and adds Google services to it (microG) along with not replacing Google as the provider for non-proprietary services. microG is a very small subset of Google play services. What microG does is reimplementing a small subset of Play services in a hacky and incomplete way, with less security, because they don’t implement features like certificate pinning for services and apps (TLS and local components), as well security checks....

October 17, 2022 · 1 min · 182 words · akc3n